[debbugs-tracker] bug#20765: closed (Python .egg files must not be compressed)

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regarding Python .egg files must not be compressed
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> Python .egg files must not be compressed
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> Sun, 07 Jun 2015 22:37:19 +0200
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> The other day on IRC Ricardo and 宋文武 noted that python-pillow
> currently comes with a compressed egg.  Because it is compressed, the
> daemon’s conservative scanning fails to see what store items it refers
> to; in particular Ricardo noted that on his machine, python-pillow
> refers to a non-existent store item for OpenJPEG.
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> To fix that, python-build-system must be tweaked to ask for uncompressed
> eggs.  I tried the attached patch, which uses the ‘--always-unzip’
> option of easyinstall.
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> Unfortunately, that option is unsupported by some setup.py, such as that
> of setuptools itself.
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> What would be the right way to do that?
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> TIA.  :-)
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> Ludo’.
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> --- a/guix/build/python-build-system.scm
> +++ b/guix/build/python-build-system.scm
> @@ -60,14 +60,20 @@
>                    #:allow-other-keys)
>    "Install a given Python package."
>    (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
> -         (params (append (list (string-append "--prefix=" out))
> +         (params (cons* (string-append "--prefix=" out)
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> +                        ;; Make sure the .egg files are kept unzipped,
> +                        ;; otherwise the daemon's conservative scanning may
> +                        ;; not find store references embedded in it.
> +                        "--always-unzip"
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>                          configure-flags))
>           (python-version (get-python-version (assoc-ref inputs "python")))
>           (old-path (getenv "PYTHONPATH"))
>           (add-path (string-append out "/lib/python" python-version
>                                    "/site-packages/")))
> -        ;; create the module installation directory and add it to PYTHONPATH
> -        ;; to make setuptools happy
> +    ;; Create the module installation directory and add it to PYTHONPATH
> +    ;; to make setuptools happy.
>      (mkdir-p add-path)
>      (setenv "PYTHONPATH"
>              (string-append (if old-path
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> Re: bug#20765: Compressed eggs (Python)
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> Sat, 17 Dec 2016 13:43:34 -0500
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> >From what I can see, this bug is fixed by the new Python build system
> introduced in commit 03e856ddf5d28bc61144effb1a393b73cb4a2d9f.
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> Please re-open the bug if I am mistaken.
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